Keep your home secure this winter period with our winter home security tips!

1. Winter Home
Security Tips

2. Making your home unappealing to
a burglar is the key to preventing it
from being burgled during the
winter period and is one of the
most effective forms of crime
prevention.

3. Darker and colder
nights can mean ‘easy
pickings’ for criminals,
with an increase in
burglaries during the
winter months.

4. Typically the number of break-ins
across the UK increases when it
gets darker earlier (a burglary
occurs every two minutes in the
month of November).

5. Make sure all doors
are securely locked
at all times.

6. If you are not going to
be home leave a light
on or on a timer to give
the illusion that your
home is occupied.

7. Make sure all accessible
windows are locked and have
restrictors fitted for added
security – intruders can wiggle
through any gap that is larger
than a human head.

8. Have a burglar alarm fitted. Some
alarm systems can end up costing as
much as £2000, if this is something
you can’t afford have a dummy alarm
fitted for as little as £14.99 a fraction
of the price but equally as effective in
deterring a burglar.

9. Lock all
garages
and sheds.

10. Have motion sensing
lights fitted to the
outside of your
home.

11. Mark any valuables
with a UV pen and
register them on
www.immobilise.com

12. Keep your
curtains or
blinds closed
at night.

13. Don’t leave any
valuables where
they can be seen
by passersby on
the street.

14. Don’t share any
holiday plans on
Social Media.

15. If you are going on a
winter break leave a spare
key with a trusted
neighbour or relative so
they can keep an eye on
your home whilst you’re
away.